Considering the past

Kuni Takahashi, Chicago Tribune

Former U.S. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski (D-Ill.), right, sits next to former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale during a panel discussion at "The Richard J. Daley Urban Forum: Learning from the Legacy" event at University of Illinois at Chicago on April 20, 2005.

Former U.S. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski (D-Ill.), right, sits next to former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale during a panel discussion at "The Richard J. Daley Urban Forum: Learning from the Legacy" event at University of Illinois at Chicago on April 20, 2005. (Kuni Takahashi, Chicago Tribune)

Former U.S. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski (D-Ill.), right, sits next to former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale during a panel discussion at "The Richard J. Daley Urban Forum: Learning from the Legacy" event at University of Illinois at Chicago on April 20, 2005.